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Friday, December 31, 2010

Books I Read in 2010

Happy New Years, everybody!

As is my tradition, today I made a list of all the books I read in the year 2010. This year, I was surprised when I counted it up and discovered that I'd read roughly 56 books this year, most of them YA (although a few of them parenting, lol, you can tell I totally have a toddler). That's a little more than one a week.

When I told my husband this number, he said, "wow, I thought you'd read a lot more books than that." I don't know if that was a snarky comment on our Kindle bill or not, hee hee, but I felt the same way: I thought I'd read way more books than one a week. But maybe it only feels that way because this year I re-read a lot of the books I read last year, but didn't add them to the list.

I'm a fast reader. I usually devour a book in one day. Kindle is a very, very dangerous and well-beloved item in our house.

So, without further ado, the list:

1. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (awesome book to start the year with, one of those books I was jealous I didn't write)

2. The Giver by Lois Lowry (a classic, which I loved, and immediately devoured the series)

10. The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan (sequel to one of my faves last year, The Forest of Hands and Teeth. I loved that one. I really, really liked this one.)

11. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (took me back to my actor days doing Shakespeare. Nice take on fairies)

12. Angelology by Danielle Trussoni (I am REALLY SUPER picky when it comes to angel books (can't imagine why :)) and for some reason I totally could not get into this one, but it might have just been the wrong book at the wrong time this go around. I will try it again this year. . .

33. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (sequel to Shiver, which was one of my top 5 last year. Very good sequel, didn't have me on the edge of my chair the way I was through Shiver, but enjoyable through and through.)

34. I am Number Four by Pitticus Lore (Sigh. I read this and thought it was pretty good. Then I found out that it's a product of James Frey's exploiting-young-desperate-writers-because-he's-ruined-his-own-name scheme. Felt instantly a bit yucky for having paid money for this book.)

46. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (I think this is Clare's best book to date, and she's written a lot of great books)

47. Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (another fellow Dark Days writer, and debut. Courtney is a joy, and this book is a wild ride and a joy to read.)

48. Nightshade by Andrea Kremer (Loved this one, so smart and with such great setting! I love books with great setting!)

49. Rampant by Diana Peterfreund (Okay, so I am saying the word LOVED a lot--it's been a good year for books. But this one I LOVED in all caps, and it had me brooding about those darned wily unicorns for days afterwards.)

50. Pegasus by Robin McKinley (I loved this one, was totally engrossed, until the book came to a screeching halt in the middle of the story. I actually looked up her website to see if there was a sequel, which I knew there had to be. Turns out she had written this giant like 700 page tome and just cut it in half. I felt cheated by this, somehow. I'm sure there's a blog post of mine coming on this topic.)

51. Torment by Lauren Kate (haven't quite finished this one, but I'm liking it so far.)

10 comments:

56 is the exact number of books I read in 2010 as well! :) Some the same and some different, but SO many great books! I just finished Pegasus yesterday and was similarly frustrated. Hopefully I'll get to read your book sometime this next week! I'm looking forward to meeting you (& Ellen) at Copperfield's on the 13th! :)

I haven't rounded up the books I've read, but 56 doesn't sound at all bad. I found Clockwork Angel at the library and I just finished it. So that's my first read for this year. I agree that this book is Cassie's best yet. Unearthly was definitely my favourite of last year, so go and work on that sequel! I can't wait to read it :)

56 it's a great number, congrats. I really want to read your book and the next part of 'The Infernal Devices'. Maybe I couldon't wait to long, but I'll distract my self whit 'City of Fallen Angels'.And you?

i just finished reading Unearthly (it must have come out in Australia b4 USA) and loved it!!! Cant wait to read the rest in the trilogy. Do you have any idea when the next one will be coming out? Tucker is my fave, wish he was real...oh well. Great job!!

omg I checked your sight to find out if you were goingf to write a sequel and when I saw that you were my heart skipped a beat! I'm so happy!! Your book was deffinetly one of my top all time favorites (and I've read alot of books)!! Can't wait for the sequel!!! peaceloveandawesomeness

Yep, that's me. . .

I'm the New York Times bestselling author of several young adult books: the Unearthly trilogy, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, My Lady Jane, My Plain Jane, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, and the upcoming The How and The Why, allwith HarperTeen. I live in Boise, Idaho with a husband who's addicted to typewriters, two kids, two cats, one crazy dog, and a entourage of imaginary friends. See my Books page for more information about my books.